Symonds1_2-3 – SYMONDS RARE BOOKS

HARVEY, William

[Embryology and Obstetrics] HARVEY, William. Exercitationes de generatione animalium Amsterdam: Louis Elzevier, 1651 £ 2,000 12mo, 568pp [4], final blank, engraved frontispiece depicting Jove releasing animal life from an egg with the motto ‘Ex ovo omnia’ [everything […]

Pith Paintings

[ANONYMOUS]. Set of 16 Chinese pith paintings c.1840-1860, gouache on pith paper £ 11,500 Album of 16 Chinese gouache paintings on pith paper, beautifully and meticulously made, containing 8 tipped in leaves framed in light-blue silk, all […]

PINE, JOHN. The tapestry hangings of the House of Lords

18 ENGRAVED DOUBLE-PAGE PLATES

17th century Aristotelian and Cartesian Philosophy Manuscript

A fascinating insight on the development of the sciences from their origins in Ancient Greek Philosophy, all the way through to the groundbreaking studies of Torricelli, Copernicus and Descartes

Principles of Politeness

CHESTERFIELD, Lord; FRANKLIN, Benjamin; LA ROCHEFOUCAULD, François de. Lord Chesterfield’s Advice to his Son, on Men and Manners; in which the principles of politeness and the art of acquiring knowledge of the world, are laid down in […]

Botanical Drawings

Anonymous. Album of 42 original studies of plants and flowers. England, late 18th century, by hand in watercolour and gouache £ 1,000 4to, album of 44 original studies of plants and flowers, watercolour and gouache over pencil, […]

RAYNAL, Guillaume Thomas François. Histoire Philosophique et Politique des Établissements et du Commerce des Européens dans les deux Indes

The expanded Geneva edition of Raynal’s most influential work, a compilation of treatises concerning the commercial dealings of European powers and their colonial domains.

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